The Financial Times is on-record as saying its iPad app generated a tenth of its (85,892) new cross-platform digital subscriptions last year……
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Video: The Economist’s Upcoming Honeycomb App
Fair to say, due to a combination of system complexity and ongoing iOS-mania, publishers have been slow to embrace Android. But here is a d……
Read MoreThe FT Goes To Rio: Another Digital Spin-Off
The Financial Times is launching yet another digital-only subscription spin-off that's not branded "FT". Brazil Confidential is a "premium……
Read MoreLionel Barber: The FT’s Five-Point Plan For Exploiting The Brand
Financial Times Editor Lionel Barber covered a wide swath of ground in the nearly 5,000 words of his Hugh Cudlipp Lecture. Much is what you……
Read MoreFrom Information To Intelligence: Emap’s Evolution
Emap CEO David Gilbertson describes his mantra for business-to-business publishers, in the Financial Times... "The way I'd describe [the sh……
Read MoreSocial News Site Ongo Combines Aggregation And Paywalls
After months of operating in stealth, social news site Ongo, which received $12 million in funding from the NYTCo (NYSE: NYT), Gannett (NYSE……
Read MorePearson Buys Controlling Stake In TutorVista For $127 Million
Pearson (NYSE: PSO), owner of the Financial Times and book publisher Penguin, has increased its presence in India, buying a controlling stak……
Read MoreFT’s Paid Digital Subs Up 71 Percent In A Year
The Financial Times released its own audience figures... "206,892 paying digital subscribers ... up 71% year on year." Daily print circulat……
Read MoreInterview: FT’s Experimental ‘Startup’ Tilts At Emerging Markets
If you spun off a dozen staff from your news publication to re-think the future of niche business news online, what would it look like? In T……
Read MoreSteve Jobs: FT’s Person Of The Year, iPad Was Key Turning Point
Steve Jobs may have been beaten to the punch by Mark Zuckerberg at Time, but at the Financial Times, the CEO of Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) today got……
Read MoreBad Robot? Android Is Limiting Publishers’ Payment Prospects
Publishers are increasingly confident about the prospects for tablet editions in the post-print area. But, when it comes to actually monetis……
Read MoreVideo: Clash Of ‘Paywall’ Ideologies In Webby Debate
Whether digital news should be free or chargeable; it's now like sport - you're apparently either for or against; red vs blue. That's the un……
Read MoreThe Economist Hits iPad, Targeting A Million Paying Digital Readers
The Economist has got around to releasing an iPad (and iPhone) edition (expected Friday). Built by TigerSpike, which also built The Times' E……
Read MoreFT Gives Its Staff A $480 Bonus To Buy An iPad; CEO’s Memo
The Financial Times says it will give a £300 or $480 rebate to its 1,800 staff against the purchase of an iPad or other tablet. Newspaper……
Read MoreOur Digital Entertainment Digest 11.09.10
Here's our take on some of the latest news at the intersection of technology and entertainment: » OK Go: Brace yourself, YouTube. On……
Read MoreMobile Bits: HTC’s Brand; Verizon iPhone; T-Mobile Tab; FT & Amazon Apps
-- HTC's ad campaign pays off: Another story about how HTC has created a brand out of a no-name white-label smartphone maker. The more inter……
Read MorePayPal Expands Mobile Payments; Pushes Into The Sale Of Digital Goods
Lots of about next-generation payment platforms today, and it's only beginning to ramp up. Most of the news surrounded PayPal's developer co……
Read MorePearson Digital: FT Passes 180,000 Digital Subs; Penguin Offsets Print Drop
Digital subscriptions are up more than 50 percent for the Financial Times so far this year, passing the 180,000 mark. The numbers are includ……
Read MoreOn Mobile & iPad: Sun’s Celebs Sub, Times Unifying Price, FT In Chinese
The Sun has released an iPhone and Android app for its Bizarre-branded entertainment coverage. Costing £1.19 for 30 days and, thereafter, "……
Read MoreFinancial Times’ iPad App Brings In £1 Million
The Financial Times' new iPad app has generated more than £1 ($1.59) million in advertising revenue since it was launched in May, according……
Read MoreEconomist Taking Intelligent Life To U.S. On iPad Only
In a sign that online distribution to tablets can take printed publications in to territories that were previously unreachable, The Economis……
Read MoreFT’s Tilt Is A Pure-Play Digital News Site About Emerging Markets
The Financial Times is creating a separate, spin-off website covering emerging global markets. We first reported about FT Tilt in July, whe……
Read MoreThe FT Has Bought A New Video Studio
The Financial Times has made what it's calling a "major investment" in a new online video studio at its Southwark Bridge HQ. FT.com had alr……
Read MoreFT Launching Seventh Niche Paid Site To Reduce Advertising Reliance
The Financial Times is increasingly launching specialist spin-off sites targeted at niche audiences of financial professionals. The latest……
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